At one point in my life I was centered on my Daughter. God graciously and gently pointed out that He should come first and while we’re talking about it…your husband comes before her. During the time I was centered on my daughter I was also centered on being a personal Savior to people in need, which has its advantages because it’s why I’m married to Dave. In my eyes he needed rescued. But all of that is wrong thinking.

Most recently it’s been revealed that my life is centered on “What am I going to eat next?” This pains me greatly because I know it isn’t right. God heals us in stages. I needed to first heal from my Savior Complex. Next came putting my husband before Mo and God before both of them. Now he’s working on food and I’m getting there. (Sometimes a different issue needs to be healed before the food issue can be.)

Paul nailed it and preached it whenever he got the opportunity. “I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins.” 1 Corinthians 15:1, 3 Christ died for our sins. That’s it. That’s our focus. That’s our center. If we bring every single food item to the cross we will never be hungry and we will never eat the wrong thing. The reasons we eat will be revealed and healed. Jesus will restore us to the point where food no longer consumes our thoughts. It’s hard, but it’s worth it. Drop to your knees and seek the will of God if you don’t have complete peace about what you’re eating.

Nothing should consume me like the cross. Not even my efforts to get healthy. The Cross is there to consume me and all my faults and weaknesses. Take it to the Cross.

Friends, let me go over the Message with you one final time— this Message that I proclaimed and that you made your own; this Message on which you took your stand and by which your life has been saved. (I'm assuming, now, that your belief was the real thing and not a passing fancy; that you're in this for good and holding fast.) The first thing I did was place before you what was placed so emphatically before me: that the Messiah died for our sins, exactly as Scripture tells it; that he was buried; that he was raised from death on the third day, again exactly as Scripture says; (1 Cor 15:1-3, The Message)